The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 1, 1917, Page 4

STAR—MONDAY, OCT. 1, 1917, PAGE Second Liberty Loan Campaign Starts October 1. Save This Page! WHAT IS A _ LIBERTY BOND? The Second Liberty Loan will show America’s enemies that 100,000,000 | make the World Safe for Democracy; you are fighting the world’s last and people with their hearts and dollars are behind the brave soldiers who are | greatest battle for freedom! going across the sea to fight YOUR battles on the bloody fields of France. And ponder this: Three Billion Dollars the American people will lend their government | in this Second Liberty Loan, starting Monday, October 1, and ending Oc- | tober 31. The state of Washington’s apportionment is $36,000,000; Seattle’s | share approximately $13,000,000. If America doesn’t win the war she loses it; if her enemies don’t lose the war they win it! You know in a general way what a Liberty Bond is, but perhaps there are many questions still in doubt. This announcement answers every pos- In buying a Liberty Bond you are making the safest investment on | sible question you can ask regarding a Liberty Bond. Read it carefully, ask earth; you are providing your government with the sinews of war that will your family and friends to read it; paste it up where all can see it. Facts You Should Know About the Second Liberty Bond Issue Just What Is a United States Bond? A United States Bond is an ackno of the Government that you have | time stated on the bond, the amount bond, at the rate of interest stated to pay your money back in full at th Just What Is the Interest on the Bond? It is really the rent the Governr annually for letting it have the u stated on the bond. This rent is 4 per cent 5 ent prot of the a amount the bond represents; but the Government pays this rent in two installments each year, six months apart. That is, on a $50 bond you receive $2.00 a year, or $1.00 each six months ; on a $100 bond $4.00 a year, or and so on. 2.00 every six months, Is There Any Real Thing Behind the Government's Prom- ise to Pay Back My Money in 25 Years, or Must I Be Sat- | isfied With te Mere Promise? wise these Isn’t the Government in Turn Lending to Foreign Govern- ments Vast Sums of the Money Raised by the Sale of These New Bonds? Isn't the Tying Up of So Much Money in Liberty Bonds a Bad Thing for Business? ty Bonds. Every cent se- ale of the bonds is spent ds that, o g to the 1 European mar developm due to the cannot be f merican business, there- reason of this loan Why Should Poor People Be Asked to Buy Bonds, When the Banks and the Rich Have Enough Money to Take Them All? As this is your war and my war, our neighbors’ war and our children’s war, it is nationally desirable—all of us consti- t the Na n—that loans to the Government should be *lendi st st oO on Hies ho ar i t in vy all of us, ric < or imi a They are. Coupon bonds and registered bonds into it shoulder to shoulder with them If I Do Not Collect the Interest, How Much Money Shall What Is « Coupon Bond? . But Isn't This Money Loaned Our Allies Going Out of § Have — ~ Bond Expires in 25 Years? A coupon bond is a bond that has t the Country? ; , at the end of Leates nty-five years, if you do not coupons as there are interest dates in th 1 ] It i . ‘ ee Wane wine er - e 494 value plus simply the sixty in the case of Liberty Bonds. A in a re ai oa. 4 ae, alue 1ed to it check for the am: t due you as interest | pt Rage ? oa aaah What Is a Registered Bond? When Will the Government Pay Back the Money It Bor- Will the Rate of Interest on the Bonds Be Always the Same, Regardless of the General Condition of the Country? j A registered bond is one that gistered in the Treasury rows on These Bonds? It will—except: The first Liberty Bonds carried an in- 4 H Department at Washington as your sole property, and a check ee eae a pueig Hoe tent i terest rate of 3% per cent. They are now exchangeable for { for the interest due you each six months is sent you by the ides : : 4 per cent bonds of this second issue. If any later bond issue Secretary of the Tre The only bonds that are registered j sean wae carries nterest your 4 per cent bonds then will j are those of one ht ed dollars and over Must I _ 25 Years to Get -~ ree Back? et ue. The United States | sell 4 . 1 Sninntes f fair t be fairer than this Isn’t a Registered Bond pane Desirable? | A f ; aac could it ; ' si et and k ¢ Tel ‘ A registered bond is real ible unless you afe- | z = pas A Pe ss : y ¢ paper every da price i f | deposit facilities—then the coupon bond is genet red : Is the Interest Due Me Every Six~Months Sent to Me, or | Why Are These Bonds Being Issued? If I Sell My Bond Inside of 25 Years Shall | Receive All Do I Have to Go to a Bank for It? A To raise, in part, the th I Paid for It? y hoe Government (reall sful receive more or less than y ‘ r i uve attached to it fifty c« | padi bie os eae Py sh aie ; I oe # nas dated, On that date upon bearing the date, take air ome | ne wa . ; heir Be ; howeve it to your bank—ar s cash value will be given op: Pot How Can I Buy These Bonds? hectiay tad epee er On a $100 bond, ez n may be ex- ites ; | Fither by ng cash or two per cent upon application 7 nee es for $2 $ for “per cent” yt ' 1 e Te i 18 per cent ver 15; 40 per cent December 14, and 40 The Bonds, Then, Are Essentially a Safe Investment? eans “pe | a } | er cent January 1 | rt ; | by ' Pp y They are the safest investment on the face of the e ; Are ar ; | P : : If I Buy a Bond on the Installment Plan and Cannot Meet a ' | What Are t! A wy grey rhe ea Payment Dates? the Last seageione Shall I Lose van I've Put in? = ; | ey eee eee Can | Borrow agro Wi on My Bond? At What cone \ title value Of the bond fede she | Why Does the Government Sell Bonds to Raise Money vom vill | ents that remain unpaid E When :. Has Such Vast Sources of Revenue Through ts se e | as ay : ; erest rate prevalent in Isn’t the Raising of Money by Bonds Payable 25 Years | s | yeneral taxation compels everyone to { money to the :. . i . = Govérnment, and if the whole cost of « vere paid by | Why Should the Government Pay Only 4 Per Cent Inter- Hence Compeliing the Next Generation to Pay for This | | money raised by n the poorest would not be | est on the Bonds It Issues, When the General Rate of In- Generation’s War? | | able to provide the necessities of life. So | terest Is Much Higher? That th t e be cation for the bonds. | } bonds are iss 1s supplementary to general taxation, « The more certain the safety ¢ ive ent the 1 If the cost immediate general those less poor may have a char to lend the Government the rate of paid. Could be ¢ certain tax intry would be strained 3 from their savings, thus preventir what would be a killing han rited States Government the almost t , the benefits of this war pressure on the poorer people. are not subject to taxation as other will be Shall We Be More Tender With Our Dollars This page is intended to help you think correctly and decide on the size of your subscription to the Second Liberty Loan. You can subscribe at Liberty Loan headquarters, the Postoffice, or any bank. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF WASHINGTON , 822 SECOND AVENUE, SEATTLE. Second Liberty Loan—Joseph A. Swalwell, Chairman. Than With the Lives of Our Sons? —Hon. Wm. G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury. —